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Asides

The Return

January 11, 2010 4 comments

As those of you following me on Twitter or Facebook already know, Akiko and I are leaving for the United States today to attend to a death in the family. I’ll be there for three weeks. I’ll be able to check e-mail and comments sporadically, and I’ll probably keep to one post per week, as [...]

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To Sit With Nothing

January 4, 2010 7 comments

Takuin sat in the morning and tried to find its self. Despite all the talk of nothingness, oneness, and liberation, it wanted to see the truth. The sun descended before it finished. Takuin is alone.

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To Listen

December 9, 2009 6 comments

To listen is to share love with another person. It is not an isolated activity, but an open movement; a complete sharing of oneself. I must be open to you completely to really share with you. So I don’t want to waste my time with planning what to say next. If I plan everything while [...]

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Are You More Than Experience?

August 25, 2009 37 comments

Have you ever questioned why experiences are important to you? Why certain memories you hold onto, while others you throw aside? You may hold onto the memory of the greatest sexual encounter you’ve ever had, or the time you had the hell beat out of you. But why? Why do we hold on to these [...]

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To The Student

June 12, 2009 18 comments

Don’t say you are ‘All One.’ That is an incredibly powerful statement. And as we go into this step by step we can see your confusion. So is the fact your confusion, or your idea of being All One? If you are All One, you would have no questions to the contrary. You would not [...]

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